Here is the observed and projected light curve of comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS from the excellent website astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comet/202 by @giddgvb

Apparent magnitude 6.5 and below are visible to the unaided eye, under good visibility conditions (lower magnitude means brighter). Objects about 3 magnitudes fainter can be seen with binoculars.

Current brightness is around 3. Peak brightness at mag 2.5 is expected around Oct 10. Forward scattering by the Sun may cause mag -2.5 level brightness.
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Here is a spectacular pic of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) taken by Astronomer Yuri Beletsky before sunrise on Sep 24 at 09:22 UTC from the Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) in the Atacama desert in Chile, using a Nikon camera with a telephoto lens.

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